1. The project creators, lead developers, and core team constitute the managing members of the project. These members have final say in every decision of the project, technical or otherwise, including overruling previous decisions. There are no limitations to this power.

2. Contributions are an expected result of your membership on the project. Do not expect others to do your work or help you with your work forever.

3. All members have the same opportunities to seek any challenge within the project.

4. Authority or position in the project is proportional to the accrued contribution. Seniority must be earned.

5. Software is evolutionary: better implementations shall supersede lesser ones. Technical advantage is the primary metric.

6. Topics outside of the project will not be tolerated. This is a space for technical excellence.

7. Nontechnical conflicts will be discussed in a separate space. Disruption of the project will not be allowed.

8. Individual characteristics, including but not limited to body, sex, sexual preferences, race, language, religion, nationality, and political preferences are irrelevant to the scope of the project. They will not be taken into account concerning your value or your contribution to the project.

9. Discuss or debate the idea, not the person.

10. There is no room for ambiguity. Ambiguity will be met with questioning, further ambiguity will be met with silence. It is the responsibility of the originator to provide the requested context.

11. If something is illegal outside the scope of the project, it is illegal within the scope of the project. This Code of Merit does not take precedence over governing law.

12. This Code of Merit governs only the procedures of this project. Activities or objectives outside the scope of this project are irrelevant. Purposeful intent to deviate this project from its stated purpose is reason for remedial action.

13. Participation on the project equates to agreement of this Code of Merit.

This document is the Code of Merit, version 1.0.